請依下文回答第 41 題至第 45 題       Like the Navy, the US Coast Guard has mission commitments that span the globe. Its newest cutter classes delivergreatly improved capability, which should translate to a commensurate leap in the Coast Guard’s ability to fulfill overseasmissions.__41__ , unlike the Navy, the Coast Guard lacks the robust network of overseas bases and fleet of auxiliaryships to support forward-deployed forces. Cutters also tend to operate independently rather than in groups, and so oftenthey must rely solely on __42__ is on board when something goes wrong. For the Coast Guard to fulfill the increasingdemand for presence around the world and fully realize the potential of its modernized fleet, the current expeditionarylogistics model needs to evolve. Cutters must be better equipped to sustain themselves __43__ , and they need moreefficient means of in-theater logistics support to contend with the myriad challenges that otherwise will inhibit theiroperational readiness.       From its modest start as “a few armed vessels judiciously stationed at the entrances of our ports,” the CoastGuard __44__a multilayered “trident of forces” with a global range of maritime security, law enforcement, andhumanitarian assistance missions. From 2020 to the present, most of the major cutter fleet has deployed from theAtlantic and Pacific coasts to patrol the main narcotrafficking corridors off South and Central America. Nationalsecurity cutters (NSCs) also plied the Bering, Mediterranean, and Black Seas, __45__ Oceania and the westernPacific (including two highly publicized transits through the Taiwan Strait).
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(A) Furthermore
(B) But
(C) Hence
(D) So